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Voices from the Edge on 06/03/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/03/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
The 9th annual Village Building Convergence starts in Portland on June 5. Coming together under the them "Powered by the People," Portlanders will work on projects ranging from water catchment systems and intersection painting to native plant gardening and cob benches. But ... Read more

Imago Theatre's Simple People

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Stage and Studio
Portland’s Imago Theatre has a history of staging unusual and original work: stories of serial killer children, operas without words and spectacles of animals and clowns. Their new production, Simple People, opened last week and KBOO’s Frank Reynolds dropped in to see what ... Read more

Lents to Oppose Stadium

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Residents of the Lents neighborhood will meet Wednesday evening to challenge the proposal of a Triple A baseball stadium and to offer alternatives. Lents park is located near southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Boulevard. With nearly $42 millon dollars in urban renewal funds on... Read more

Our Little Mayor Part 3

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Ubu Hour
Our Little Mayor Part 3 - Catch up on the latest adventures of Our Little Mayor Slam Assbuns and his problems with the media hounding him for consensual sex with another adult... This peice involves car crashes, 12-lane highway bridges, and a new soccor stadium.  Written an... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05/20/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
The current recession is not an equal opportunity crisis. People of color are experiencing job loss, foreclosures and lack of healthcare at alarmingly higher rates than white Americans. These disparities are not a coincidence but rather the result of structural barriers tha... Read more

Race and Recession

  The current recession is not an equal opportunity crisis. People of color are experiencing job loss, foreclosures and lack of healthcare at alarmingly higher rates than white Americans. These disparities are not a coincidence but rather the result of structur... Read more

Home Forclosure Auctions

Airs at: Sun, 05/17/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
  Every Monday morning, foreclosed and pre-foreclosure homes are auctioned off on the steps of the Multnomah County courthouse in downtown Portland. After demonstrations last week by several dozen protesters disrupted the auction, this week saw enhanced security and just a... Read more

Oregon Cross Burning Investigation continues

Airs at: Sun, 05/17/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
  As we reported on Friday’s news, a burning cross was discovered in the yard of a racially-mixed family in Alsea Oregon last week. After initially calling the incident a case of ‘reckless burning’, police later classified it as a hate crime. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke w... Read more

Direct Action at Multnomah County Foreclosure Auction

Airs at: Sun, 05/17/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Every Monday morning, foreclosed and pre-foreclosure homes are auctioned off on the steps of the Multnomah County courthouse in downtown Portland. After demonstrations last week by several dozen protesters disrupted the auction, this week saw enhanced security and just a fe... Read more

ACORN Protest against foreclosure auctions

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
  Protesters gathered at the County Courthouse in downtown, yesterday, to protest the auctioning off of foreclosed homes. A representative for multiple banks has been auctioning off foreclosed homes to anyone who will show up, every Monday at 10:00. But this week, proteste... Read more